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A. WANNER, JR. SEATING APPLIANCE.

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SEATING APPLIANCE.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed July 29, 1915. Serial No. 42,545.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT l/VANNER, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certhe place where they are to be installed in disassembled form and there readily assen'ibled and setin position, and willpresent a substantial yet elegant appearance, afford increased clearance between each other and a comfortable individual roominess, and be strong and durable.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of two of the chairs, the seat being removed from one of them; v

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the chairs;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. l is a horizontal sectional view of what is shown in Fig. 1, the plane of the section being somewhat above the seats and one seat being shown raised; and,

Fig.5 is a sectional view of a detail involving the pivoting of one of the seats.

In the preferred construction, the chairs are formed substantially wholly of bent wood, the several parts of each chair being counterparts of each other so that they may be used interchangeably in setting up the chairs.

For each two adjoining chairs there are two front standards a and two back standards b. Each front standard (excepting of course the one at each end of a row of the chairs) is common to two chairs. Each two standards a are somewhat farther apart than the corresponding twostandards b.

To complete the frame of each chair there are two U-shaped members 0 and d, as herein shown conforming substantially to the arc of a circle.

Each member 0- is superimposed upon the tops of the members a Z), which are all substantially of the same height, and suitably jointed thereto as Will be explained.

Each member (Z comprises two arc-shaped sections d and r superimposed upon each other'and glued or otherwise substantially secured together, the exterior radius of the section (Z being somewhat greater than that of the section cl. The object of this construction is to give the member (Z increased strength and in'lprove its appearance from the rear. At c the member (Z is checked into each back standard 6, and 011 the outside of each extremity it is notched as at 7" and checked into one of the members a, as at 9. At the points 6 and f the parts may be glued, and if necessary, screws or the like may be used to produce substantial and durable oints.

Referring again to the members 0, the adjoining ends of two such members are formed with elongated straight lateral hearing surfaces h which abut squarely against each other, the same being tongued and grooved, as at i, longitudinally, and the parts being glued together as to their tongued and grooved surfaces It. To coir nect the joint portion, thus formed, of each two members with the standard a on which it is superimposed, I provide a dowel pin j upstanding from the member (1. and received by said joint, which is preferably glued to the member a.

Each member 0 may have dowel connections it with the upper ends of the standards I), the joints being glued. It is an important feature of my improved chair, contributing to make it have a substantial and handsome appearance and to impart stability and strength to the joints, that the standards a and b and the members 0 and (Z all have substantially rectangular cross-sections and that the members 0 and (Z have broad face to face contact with each of the standards where they are jointed thereto.

To form the back, I provide a back piece Z of veneer or other fiat material, curved in plan, which is set in between the standards I) and abuts the under side of the member 0, being simply let into grooves m and glued, or otherwise secured; an extension back piece or may be suitably secured upon the member a if desired, so as to form a continuation of the back and back-leg structure formed by the parts Z), c and Z.

The seat consists of an open or continuous frame 0 having a seat proper 2) of cane or other material. Projecting from each side of frame 0 in a transverse axis through the transverse mid-portion of the frame is a trunnion q. Each trunnion is journaled in a bearing piece 7- secured by screws upon the adjoining end of the member (Z so that the trunnion Q will stand somewhat back of the extremity of the member (Z. Each extremity of the section cl of member (Z has formed integral with or attached thereto an inward projection s which is adapted to underlie and support the seat forward of the trunnions 9 when it is depressed, the pro jection having on the top thereof a suitable cushion of rubber. or the like 25. When the seat is depressed it is supported by the two projections s, and when it is raised it abuts relatively back of its trunnions and on its under side against the backs of the projections (see Fig. 2) in such manner that it does not strike any other part of the chair its center of gravity being then back of its trunnions to insure the seat remaining elevated.

Each trunnion Q is formed and attached to the seat preferably thus: It penetrates the seat frame o horizontally and at the inside thereof hasa flattened bent-off portion which is secured to the frame 0 by a screw or the like. lhe bearing piece 0 is superimposed on the member d, as stated, and the back of the seat conforms in shape and is close to the latter when depressed, and in order to insure its clearing the member (Z when it isswung upward on its trunnions the latter are arranged more or less near the top surface of the seat. v

A row of the chairs may be suited to any desired curvature by almost inconsiderable modifications of the joints between each two adjoining chairs, as by planing the surfaces It to the required angle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is zp In combination, with the fixed structure of a chair, a seat including an open frame, and trunnions journaled in said structure, each trunnion penetrating the seat frame horizontally and having a bent-off portion bearing against and secured to the inner side of said frame.

In testimony whereof I aihx my signature.

ALBERT WANNER, JR.

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